To get to heaven, you have to take a cable car.
From the center of Zhangjiajie inChina’s Hunan province, visitors load onto the Tianmen Mountain Cableway.
Over the next half-hour, the cable car will climb over 4,000 feet to the top of Tianmen Mountain.
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At the end of the 25,458-foot-long trip, the riders step out onto the “Gateway to Heaven.”
The impressive views and unique formation are the reason most people trek up the mountain.
To reach the fantastic landmark, visitors must walk up999 stepson the “stairway to heaven.”
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Nine is a lucky number in Chinese numerology, representing good fortune and eternity.
The cave itself is about 430 feet tall and 190 feet wide.
Although be careful to whom you tell this origin story.
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It claims to be the Buddhist center of Western Hunan.
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